What is cattle — share in total livestock in OECD?

Cattle — share in total livestock in OECD was 62.2 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?

The highest recorded value was 69.62 %LSU in 1975.

What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?

The lowest recorded value was 61.17 %LSU in 2020.

How does OECD rank for cattle — share in total livestock?

OECD ranks 52nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in OECD?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this OECD data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cattle — Share in total livestock in OECD

Name: Cattle — Share in total livestock in OECD
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

OECD: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 62.2 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

62.2 %LSU

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

52nd

of 206 countries

All-time high

69.62 %LSU

in 1975

All-time low

61.17 %LSU

in 2020

Years of data

1961–2023

Cattle — Share in total livestock in OECD, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cattle — share in total livestock in OECD is 62.2 %LSU, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in OECD peaked at 69.62 %LSU in 1975 and was at its lowest, 61.17 %LSU, in 2020.

OECD ranks 52nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	66.88 %LSU	66.21 %LSU	67.65 %LSU	9
1970s	67.91 %LSU	66.08 %LSU	69.62 %LSU	10
1980s	65.08 %LSU	62.94 %LSU	66.21 %LSU	10
1990s	63.48 %LSU	62.83 %LSU	64.31 %LSU	10
2000s	62.41 %LSU	61.93 %LSU	63.04 %LSU	10
2010s	62.14 %LSU	61.5 %LSU	62.54 %LSU	10
2020s	61.97 %LSU	61.17 %LSU	62.25 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near OECD

49 Congo 63.03 %LSU compare
50 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU compare
51 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU compare
53 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU compare
54 Italy 61.84 %LSU compare
55 Bhutan 61.72 %LSU compare
55 Finland 61.72 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for OECD

Agricultural land — Share in Land area 34.15 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 357,807 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 11.21 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.83 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 382,348 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 915.76 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 4.23 million 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 3.41 million 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.88 % (2024)

All data for OECD →

Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — share in total livestock in OECD?: Cattle — share in total livestock in OECD was 62.2 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?: The highest recorded value was 69.62 %LSU in 1975.
What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?: The lowest recorded value was 61.17 %LSU in 2020.
How does OECD rank for cattle — share in total livestock?: OECD ranks 52nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in OECD?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this OECD data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.